Track two, Reality is More Beautiful, begins with plucky piano/harp melody, and Matt Van's signature vocals begin. This leads into a violin segment to build tension, and as is to be expected, the song reaches its first climax with a captivating lead from Matt Van combined with a dense synth pattern from Galdo.
This mass of violin, piano, harp, synth, vocals, and pitched down vocal tones combine to create a truly beautiful piece of music.
In the track, Van describes the relationship between dreams and reality. His main statement is that, as long as he loves someone, reality is better than even dreams. He reiterates this sentiment with the line "I don't wanna live in my mind, Get me out of this prison and into the daylight" soildifying the overall theme of this track.
There is also a sad hint in the line "why can't you love someone like me" implying that this love he feels is unrequited, and he would rather just feel it than live in his dreams.
[Ohhh, yeah]
In dreams we can get away
But I don’t wanna live that lie
I’ll stay awake for you
I’ll keep chasing you
Until the end of time
I’ll sew my eyes open
I don’t need to sleep tonight
That’s just what you do to me
‘Cause when you love some one
Reality is more beautiful
[‘Cause when you love someone]
Like me—why can’t you love someone like me
How can you run if you can’t see
How can you dream when you don’t sleep
‘Cause I don’t wanna live in my mind
Get me out of this prison
And into the daylight
Wake me up
When you love someone
Reality is more beautiful
Beautiful
In dreams we can get away
But I don’t wanna live that lie
That lie
That lie
In dreams we can get away
But I don’t wanna live that lie
That lie
Reality is more beautiful